Youth Today
From the Bureaus
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2.2KA New York City detention-diversion project is reserved for girls and queer youth
Since it launched in January, 25 youth have enrolled in a three-year pilot project that pays girls and queer youth involved in...
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1.7KNonprofits push parole reform and housing for parolees
Some among the 3,614 formerly incarcerated persons living in city shelters in 2019, as one example, spent stints in city jails for...
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1.2KNew York project aims to narrow gap between minority versus white juvies sent to community programs, not prison
A project aiming to grant more Black and brown youth entry to community-based programs that are an alternative to juvenile incarceration will...
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1.4KHomicide likely to be only crime charged to New Yorkers under 12
Unless accused of criminally negligent homicide, no child younger than 12 could be legally arrested, detained or brought before a judge, according...
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1.5KNYC parade honors essential youth workers
During the rollercoaster ride of a pandemic, it was Maxene Foster’s job to help make sure that cash-strapped Bronx residents got fed,...
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1.6KLegalizing recreational marijuana likely means fewer arrests of juveniles of color
The new law is retroactive. It allows persons to have prior marijuana-related convictions for which, under the new rules, they would not...
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1.6KParents and corrections officers fault South Carolina juvenile facilities before state senate
Though technically it was against the rules, a juvenile corrections officer had been watching and chuckling along as a group of girl...
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1.4KMental Health Cuts in Poorest New York City Schools Amid Pandemic
As the pandemic raged across New York City in spring 2020, Jose Rivera trekked from the Bronx to Coney Island, Brooklyn to...
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1.7KCourt: New York City Must Give All Homeless Shelters Wi-Fi
New York City must finish installing Wi-Fi in shelters for homeless families and domestic violence victims by Aug. 31, according to a...
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342Shakespeare Part Of Enrichment For Incarcerated Youth In One Tennessee County
When Michael Khanlarian began teaching incarcerated youth about the work of William Shakespeare, he never expected them to develop a rap about...
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309Reforming Juvenile System For Girls Requires Stories, Three Experts Say
A pregnant teenager stands alone in a cinder-block cell in one image. In another, a young body shivers, curled up in an...
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2.8KNYPD Disproportionately Restrains Students Of Color During School Crises, New York City Agency Data Shows
Over 1,500 students were restrained by school safety agents of the NYPD from the first quarter of 2019 through the first quarter...
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1.9KPortrait Of Early COVID Period In New York, New Jersey
NEW YORK — When the COVID-19 pandemic first broke in New York City this spring, the most vulnerable populations were at the...
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4.6KNY Orthodox Jewish Teenagers Charge COVID-19 Is Bringing Up Anti-Semitism
VIDEOGRAPHY AND PHOTO: MARCO POGGIO NEW YORK — They all had disturbing stories, and they all had a familiar ring to them. ...
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1.5KSchenectady Groups With Similar Agendas for Police Reform, Different Strategies Struggle for Change
SCHENECTADY, New York — After an arrest that thrust the Schenectady Police Department into the national spotlight due to another knee-to-head chokehold...
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1.6KNew York Politicians Divided on Protester Arrests by Warrant Squad
NEW YORK — After a viral video surfaced showing plainclothes NYPD detectives forcing an anti-police protester into an unmarked police van, questions...
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1.7KViolence, Unmarked Van at NY Protest Draw Comparisons to Portland Clashes
NEW YORK — NYPD officers clashed violently with protestors again Tuesday night, this time in Madison Square Park in Manhattan, leaving one...
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2.4KNew York City’s Public Advocate Unveils Proposal to End Gun Violence
NEW YORK — Jumaane Williams, New York City’s public advocate, announced his proposal for curbing gun violence in the five boroughs after...
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2.0KNew York Progressive Groups Say Including Police in Events Can Counter Their Intent
Watch video here NEW YORK — As soon as he sat down, 19-year-old Elijah Green knew he was going to be arrested....
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1.6KAfter New York City Chokehold Ban, Schenectady Protesters Push For Similar Legislation
SCHENECTADY, N.Y. — By 9:10 p.m. the only sound audible between protesters’ chants was the distant buzz of two drones high above...
